Shrine of Remembrance

It's my second visit to The Shrine of Remembrance, a war memorial and one of the key landmark in Melbourne. The first time round, I didn't get the chance to go inside as it was already closed.

The eternal flame with the Shrine of Remembrance in the background. The flame never goes out to represent eternal life.


The Cenotaph - tomblike memorials in memory of those who died and their bodies are elsewhere. I'm assuming their bodies were not found? So sad

Japanese Leftlet 1945 -interestingly these leftlet are dropped from planes to tell people that the war has ended

The Changi flag. we watched the video to understand a bit more on the history relating to this flag. Apparently this was secretly kept in Changi prison where the POW are. It was a source of strength and hope to the soldiers at that time.

Some signatures signed by the POW

4000 Service medals each represents 100 Victorians who served in war

Father and Son Statue to honour and link the 2 generation of Victorian who served in WWI and WWII. My sis observed that they wore different type of uniform.

Melbourne city viewed from the top of the Shrine

On the way back, we noticed that each tree has a marked sign. one of them has this poppy flowers around it. We learnt that poppy flowers are used to commemorate the war cos it was the first sign of life after the war in France.

Some fallen leaves at the park. Weather turned a little cooler even though it was still around 37 Degree. We are just so glad to be able to walk outside without the 'baking oven' warm air we experience for the past 3 days.

Back to SG

Got the newspaper to update on the latest news on the heatwave. The extreme 44 degree heat created havoc for the city :S Massive power blackout, casino evacuation, ice cream shops giving out free ice cream to prevent wastage :P



In the plane somewhere over Alice Spring. The desert area looks flat and so dry.. :S At one point, this interesting landscape can be seen over the desert. Looks like pancake surface to me.. haha

Hong Kong 2007

Hong Kong - Asia's World City indeed

HK Streets in Colors

HK Streets in BW

Cabs and Neon Lights

Cabs, Neon lights, a typical HK scene.

Kids

These kids are adorable.. :)

Ads

I'm not advertising for them. I just like the natural lighting on these ads :)

Trams

I just loved taking pix from the tram. Seeing people's reaction from the next tram when they spotted my cam. Some people are surprised, some tried hard to avoid, some showed poker face, and one actually smiled! lol.. To experience the city without a glass window in between, it just feels surreal! I love the energy from this city and I actually grew to like this place already.. lol











This boy actually smiled.. that's nice... :)

Horse Racing

Part of HK's culture. Would love to experience the atmosphere at the race course :)

Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car Ride

This cable car ride is quite interesting. Quite worth to visit. The distance covered is quite long and a lot of sceneries along the way. One way trip takes about 20 minutes. It goes all the way to the top near the Big Buddha.




Yup.. it was drizzling






HK Airport




Side view of the Big Buddha


The big Buddha in the background


Someone at the other cable car actually waved at me.. lol.. so friendly. :)

Hong Kong Wetland Park

Unfortunately, the weather also sounded just like the name of the place. Wet! It just rained and rained and rained. We had to stay indoor and luckily the exhibits were not too bad. Spent some time photographing inside the galleries instead.


We tried their powerful binocular from the gallery, and could see clearly the visitors standing outside across the big lake. Wow.. haha.. and it's free! But not many birds and animal in view.. :P





These are of course fake. lol.. Otherwise.. I won't be here blogging now. But they looked so real!